On the MediaElement for the player set AutoPlay = false. I've seen this load the first frame and sit there waiting for the user to hit play. It may vary depending upon the type of media you're connecting to.

On the MediaElement for the player set AutoPlay = false. I've seen this load the first frame and sit there waiting for the user to hit play. It may vary depending upon the type of media you're connecting to.

emil, if you have an image capture of the "thumbnail" you would like to display, set the PlaylistItem.ThumbSource. The player will display this before loading the video as long as it is not set to Autoload.